Re: [Xen-devel] [PATCH 2/2] CA-162192: Fix rebooting on some EFI-booted systems

["Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxx>]

>>> On 11.03.15 at 12:44, <ross.lagerwall@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On some systems, the ResetSystem EFI runtime service is broken.  Follow the
> Linux (and Windows) way by preferring ACPI reboot over EFI reboot.  This is
> done by making BOOT_EFI a reboot mode similar to BOOT_ACPI and BOOT_KBD.

No. Just because Linux and/or Windows do things a certain way
doesn't mean we should follow suit. Rebooting via EFI runtime
services should still be the default when running on EFI. Quirks
to overcome certain systems' limitations will of course be
acceptable.

Jan


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